From: billh AT autobahn DOT org
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: compiling syslinux-1.40
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 15:24:22 GMT
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In article <6n05cs$f8h$1 AT antares DOT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>,
  Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) wrote:
>
> billh AT autobahn DOT org wrote:
> :   I just tried compiling
>
> : ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-1.40.zip
> :   and got this:
>
> O boy! Aren't you optimistic!
>
> : >[win95]F:\linux95\syslx140>make
> : gcc -Wall -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -c syslinux.c
> : syslinux.c:27: alloca.h: No such file or directory (ENOENT)
> : syslinux.c:31: paths.h: No such file or directory (ENOENT)
> : make.exe: *** [syslinux.o] Error 1
> : where
> : >[win95]F:\linux95\syslx140>grep alloca\.h syslinux.c
> : #include <alloca.h>
> : and
> : >[win95]F:\linux95\syslx140>grep paths\.h syslinux.c
> : #include <paths.h>
>
> :   Does there exist a DJGPP master listing indexed by file name that
> : tells me which (if any) DJGPP v2.01 package contains these missing
> : files?
>
> Well in the directory DJGPP/manifest I think you have a listing of
> what installed packages installed.
>

   My apologies.

   Unlike syslinux-1.20, which compiled on msdos, syslinux-1.40 seems
to be designed to build _only_ on linux (which it does nicely).



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